Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

The men's slalom competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, 22 February.[1]

Men's slalom
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueRosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date22 February 2014
Competitors115 from 61 nations
Winning time1:41.84
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mario Matt  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Hirscher  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henrik Kristoffersen  Norway
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Men's Slalom
LocationRosa Khutor
Vertical   200 m (656 ft)
Top elevation1,160 m (3,806 ft)  
Base elevation   960 m (3,150 ft)

Summary edit

The tenth and final alpine event of the Olympics, the two runs were held in spring-like conditions. The temperature at the starting gate for the first run exceeded 7 °C (45 °F) and 5 °C (41 °F) for the second run at night. Of the top eight times after the first run, five did not finish the second run (André Myhrer, Jean-Baptiste Grange, Ted Ligety, Felix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course.[2] The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth.[3][4][5]

Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history.[4][5] The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19.[2]

Results edit

The first run was held at 16:45[6] and the second run at 20:15.[7]

Rank Bib Name Nation Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Behind
  3 Mario Matt   Austria 46.70 1 55.14 6 1:41.84
  4 Marcel Hirscher   Austria 47.98 9 54.14 2 1:42.12 +0.28
  5 Henrik Kristoffersen   Norway 48.49 15 54.18 3 1:42.67 +0.83
4 17 Stefano Gross   Italy 47.45 3 55.27 7 1:42.72 +0.88
9 Fritz Dopfer   Germany 48.46 14 54.26 4
6 30 Adam Žampa   Slovakia 49.34 26 53.94 1 1:43.28 +1.44
7 14 Markus Larsson   Sweden 48.04 10 55.56 13 1:43.60 +1.76
2 Mattias Hargin   Sweden 47.45 3 56.15 16
9 27 Sebastian Foss Solevåg   Norway 49.08 25 55.03 5 1:44.11 +2.27
8 Ivica Kostelić   Croatia 48.75 21 55.36 8
11 25 Mitja Valenčič   Slovenia 48.32 11 55.82 15 1:44.14 +2.30
12 28 Leif Kristian Haugen   Norway 48.83 23 55.38 9 1:44.21 +2.37
13 31 Nolan Kasper   United States 48.70 18 55.52 10 1:44.22 +2.38
14 24 Aleksandr Khoroshilov   Russia 48.71 19 55.52 10 1:44.23 +2.39
15 34 Julien Lizeroux   France 48.69 17 55.63 14 1:44.32 +2.48
16 26 Michael Janyk   Canada 48.82 22 55.54 12 1:44.36 +2.52
17 35 Dave Ryding   Great Britain 49.40 27 56.51 17 1:45.91 +4.07
18 39 Dalibor Šamšal   Croatia 50.71 36 58.28 18 1:48.99 +7.15
19 37 Ramon Zenhäusern   Switzerland 51.01 39 58.39 19 1:49.40 +7.56
20 38 Philip Brown   Canada 49.97 34 59.68 20 1:49.65 +7.81
21 69 Alexandru Barbu   Romania 52.82 44 59.84 21 1:52.66 +10.82
22 68 Iason Abramashvili   Georgia 52.59 43 1:00.78 23 1:53.37 +11.53
23 52 Michał Jasiczek   Poland 52.88 45 1:00.60 22 1:53.48 +11.64
24 71 Marco Pfiffner   Liechtenstein 53.46 47 1:02.02 26 1:55.48 +13.64
25 63 Adam Barwood   New Zealand 54.21 50 1:01.97 25 1:56.18 +14.34
26 75 Warren Cummings Smith   Estonia 55.08 54 1:02.20 27 1:57.28 +15.44
27 90 Mārtiņš Onskulis   Latvia 56.16 61 1:01.44 24 1:57.60 +15.76
28 51 Matej Vidović   Croatia 51.74 42 1:06.07 33 1:57.81 +15.97
29 84 Antonio Ristevski   Macedonia 55.38 56 1:03.06 28 1:58.44 +16.60
30 78 Mohammad Kiadarbandsari   Iran 55.09 55 1:03.78 29 1:58.87 +17.03
31 83 Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki   Iran 55.46 57 1:03.90 30 1:59.36 +17.52
32 80 Alex Puente Tasias   Spain 53.73 48 1:05.72 32 1:59.45 +17.61
33 53 Pavel Trikhichev   Russia 51.63 41 1:08.16 38 1:59.79 +17.95
34 91 Arman Serebrakian   Armenia 55.90 60 1:04.67 31 2:00.57 +18.73
35 95 Kostas Sykaras   Greece 57.83 64 1:06.25 34 2:04.08 +22.24
36 72 Brynjar Guðmundsson   Iceland 56.85 62 1:07.72 37 2:04.57 +22.73
37 100 Massimiliano Valcareggi   Greece 58.97 68 1:06.75 35 2:05.72 +23.88
38 106 Tarik Hadžić   Montenegro 1:00.95 71 1:06.99 36 2:07.94 +26.10
39 108 Artem Voronov   Uzbekistan 1:00.42 70 1:10.54 40 2:10.96 +29.12
40 107 Conor Lyne   Ireland 1:03.58 74 1:09.71 39 2:13.29 +31.45
41 110 Evgeniy Timofeev   Kyrgyzstan 1:02.47 73 1:12.96 41 2:15.43 +33.59
42 111 Alexandre Mohbat   Lebanon 1:03.77 75 1:18.02 42 2:21.79 +39.95
43 117 Yohan Goutt Gonçalves   East Timor 1:09.01 77 1:21.88 43 2:30.89 +49.05
1 André Myhrer   Sweden 47.15 2 DNF
12 Jean-Baptiste Grange   France 47.47 5 DNF
16 Ted Ligety   United States 47.56 6 DNF
7 Felix Neureuther   Germany 47.57 7 DNF
10 Alexis Pinturault   France 47.78 8 DNF
15 Manfred Mölgg   Italy 48.38 12 DNF
22 Giuliano Razzoli   Italy 48.50 16 DNF
19 Naoki Yuasa   Japan 48.74 20 DNF
32 Akira Sasaki   Japan 49.54 28 DNF
42 Trevor Philp   Canada 49.55 29 DNF
36 Santeri Paloniemi   Finland 49.57 31 DNF
40 Kryštof Krýzl   Czech Republic 49.63 32 DNF
44 Justin Murisier   Switzerland 49.92 33 DNF
46 Natko Zrnčić-Dim   Croatia 50.64 35 DNF
41 Stefan Luitz   Germany 50.79 37 DNF
47 Filip Trejbal   Czech Republic 50.80 38 DNF
59 Nikola Chongarov   Bulgaria 51.12 40 DNF
67 Sebastiano Gastaldi   Argentina 53.24 46 DNF
58 Einar Kristgeirsson   Iceland 54.04 49 DNF
87 Adam Lamhamedi   Morocco 54.47 51 DNF
73 Igor Laikert   Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.68 52 DNF
74 Mateusz Garniewicz   Poland 54.93 53 DNF
94 Norbert Farkas   Hungary 55.68 58 DNF
77 Olivier Jenot   Monaco 55.89 59 DNF
93 Eugenio Claro   Chile 57.08 63 DNF
109 Manfred Oettl Reyes   Peru 58.36 65 DNF
92 Dominic Demschar   Australia 58.52 66 DNF
82 Andreas Žampa   Slovakia 58.65 67 DNF
114 Dow Travers   Cayman Islands 1:07.03 76 DNF
29 Daniel Yule   Switzerland 48.38 12 DSQ
23 Axel Bäck   Sweden 49.02 24 DSQ
33 Brad Spence   Canada 49.55 29 DSQ
97 Jhonatan Longhi   Brazil 59.24 69 DSQ
102 Dmytro Mytsak   Ukraine 1:01.57 72 DSQ
6 Patrick Thaler   Italy DNF
11 Reinfried Herbst   Austria DNF
13 Benjamin Raich   Austria DNF
18 Steve Missillier   France DNF
20 David Chodounsky   United States DNF
21 Luca Aerni   Switzerland DNF
43 Jung Dong-Hyun   South Korea DNF
45 Sergei Maitakov   Russia DNF
49 Kristaps Zvejnieks   Latvia DNF
50 Stefan Prisadov   Bulgaria DNF
54 Georgi Georgiev   Bulgaria DNF
55 Žan Kranjec   Slovenia DNF
56 Stepan Zuev   Russia DNF
57 Cristian Javier Simari Birkner   Argentina DNF
60 Kyung Sung-hyun   South Korea DNF
61 Matej Falat   Slovakia DNF
62 Ross Peraudo   Australia DNF
64 Pol Carreras   Spain DNF
65 Patrick Brachner   Azerbaijan DNF
66 Klemen Kosi   Slovenia DNF
70 Maciej Bydliński   Poland DNF
76 Park Je-yun   South Korea DNF
79 Emre Şimşek   Turkey DNF
81 Martin Vráblík   Czech Republic DNF
85 Jorge Birkner Ketelhohn   Argentina DNF
86 Alex Beniaidze   Georgia DNF
88 Marko Vukićević   Serbia DNF
89 Marko Rudić   Bosnia and Herzegovina DNF
96 Arthur Hanse   Portugal DNF
98 Roberts Rode   Latvia DNF
101 Yuri Danilochkin   Belarus DNF
103 Zhang Yuxin   China DNF
104 Rokas Zaveckas   Lithuania DNF
105 Constantinos Papamichael   Cyprus DNF
112 Luke Steyn   Zimbabwe DNF
113 Hubertus Von Hohenlohe   Mexico DNF
115 Alisher Qudratov   Tajikistan DNF
116 Kanes Sucharitakul   Thailand DNF
48 Ondřej Bank   Czech Republic DNS
99 Erjon Tola   Albania DNS

References edit

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b Fendrich, Howard (February 22, 2014). "Mario Matt wins slalom amid controversy over course setup". Canada.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  3. ^ Etchells, Tim (February 22, 2014). "Mario Matt holds on for gold, as Ligety blasts course". Ski Racing. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Pennington, Bill (February 22, 2014). "Slalom champion sets an age record". New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  5. ^ a b Moore, David Leon (February 22, 2014). "After fast start, Ted Ligety falls short in slalom". USA Today. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  6. ^ 1st Run Results
  7. ^ Final Results

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